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BAKING PAN.

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RANDOLPH S. MAINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' BAKING-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,685, dated April '7, 1896.

Application filed \Tune 12, 1895. Serial No. 552,512. No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH S. MAINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baking -Pans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in baking-pans; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

' The aim and purpose of the invention are the provision of a pan which will have, in connection with the usual features of a bakingpan, features which will adapt the same for a variety of uses, and, further, to provide the pan with a suitable device for dividing the materialinto a variety of sections. These objects are attained by the construction illus trated in the accompanying drawings,wherein like letters of reference designate correspondin g parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the pan. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the center. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modified form. Fig. l is a plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cutter.

In the drawings, A designates the pan proper, having a fiat base and inclined sides.

IIeretofore it has been suggested to employ a removable false bottom in baking-pans, the false bottom being raised from the bottom proper by suitable means. In some cases the bottom properhas been perforated, so that the heated air will pass into the space between. In such structures the bottom of the material will be more quickly heated than the sides or top.

In my construction of pan I employ the principle of the false bottom in a pan having a closed bottom.

B designates the false bottom, supported on a ring or flange b, so that an intervening space is formed between. At the center of the false bottom 13 is a hollow'flue or conical extension C projecting to the plane of the top of the rises, thus more nearly equalizing the tem- 6o perature at the base. As the extension forms a handle, the cake or other material may be easily raised from the pan, the false bottom forming a tray, the under face of which has been kept from contact with the pan proper.

It is often desirable to utilize the pan for bakin g cakes or bread which should be of unusual thickness, and to arrange the pan for such purposes I employ a detachable cylinder or extension-ring D of a height greater than the pan and a diameter to fit within the pan and resting on the false bottom at its edges and against the sides. Its lower edges are turned in and constitute rests b. The ring is found to be very advantageous, not only for the purpose above stated, but for the further reason that the same is removable from and independent of the false bottom or tray, and it is an easy matter to remove the cake from the ring by first lifting the tray. of greasing either the side or bottom of the pan is thus avoided, the ring forming removable false sides to the pan.

D designates the cone or fine extension,

which is of a cup shape, having a closed top.

Its lower edge rests on the false bottom, as shown, while the upper end is on a plane with the upper edge of the ring D. This cone extension may be employed as a meas uring-cup, as the same is detachable and removable.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form. The cone on the false bottom is dispensed with and the cup-shaped extension placed through the central opening, its flange serv- 5 ing as a rest for the edge at the opening.

In connection with the construction above described I employ a slicing attachment E, which is fashioned to fit in the ring D. This slicer consists of a hollow hub e, fitting around I co The necessity 8o the flue extension, having a central handle 0 and a series of blades E radiating from the hub. These blades are sharpened on their under edges and are preferably connected at their outer ends.

The entire slicing device is preferably cast in a single piece, but may be otherwise formed, and the blades may be partly unsupported at their outer ends, as shown in Fig. 4:. The width of the blades may be the same as the depth of the ring.

In practice the dough is placed on the false bottom. The slicer is then inserted and the pan placed in the oven. Vhen the material has been properly baked, the ring is removed, the tray or false bottom is lifted out, and the slicer removed. Finally the pan is removed, leaving the cake on the tray properly divided and ready for use.

I do not limit myself to the identical forms herein shown and described, as slight changes may be made without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bake-pan consisting of a pan proper, a removable false bottom, and an independent removable ring extending up from the edge of the false bottom to a point above the upper edge of the sides of the pan, and constituting false sides for the pan, substantially as described.

2; A bake-pan consisting of a pan proper, a removable ring having a flange at its lower edge, a removable cone having a flanged lower edge, and a removable false bottom resting on the said flanges, substantially as described.

3. A bake-pan consisting of a pan proper, a removable false bottom, a removable ring extension, and an independent removable cone having a closed upper end, subtantially as described.

4. In a baking-pan, the combination with the pan proper, of a slicing device comprising a central hub and a series of radial arms rigid on the hub and extending out to the sides of the pan, substantially as described.

5. In 'a baking-pan, the combination with the pan proper, of the false bottom having a central tubular extension, a ring extension on the bottom, and a slicer having a hub sleeved on the extension, and a series of radial blades extending out in proximity to the ring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANDOLPH S. MAINS.

it-messes H. W. MULHOLLAND, GEO. XV. MARsHALL, Jr. 

